Multiple Choice Questions (d) Equitable distribution of resources

1. Resources which are found in a region but have not been 10. Since which Five-Year Plan has India made concerted
utilised are called efforts for achieving the goals of resource planning ?
(a) developed resources (a) First Five-Year Plan (b) Fifth Five-Year Plan
(b) stock (c) Annual Plans (d) Tenth Five-Year Plan
(c) potential resources
(d) international resources 11. Which of the following is not a feature of arid soils?
(a) Arid soils range from red to brown in colour.
2. Which one of the following is not the community owned (b) They are generally sandy in texture and saline in nature.
resource? (c) These soils hold water and become sticky when wet.
(a) Grazing grounds (d) The lower horizons of the soil are occupied by Kankar
(b) Burial grounds because of the increasing calcium content downwards.
(c) Village ponds
(d) Private farm house 12. The land which has not been cultivated for less than one
year is called
3. In which of the following states is overgrazing causing (a) Current fallow land
land degradation? (b) Other than current fallow
(a) Jharkhand and Orissa (c) Cultivable waste land
(b) Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan (d) Wasteland
(c) Punjab and Haryana
(d) Kerala and Tamil Nadu 13. What is area sown more than once in an agriculture year
plus net sown area called?
4. In states like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh (a) Permanent pastures
and Orissa, the main cause of land degradation is (b) Fallow lands
(a) Overgrazing (c) Net sown area
(b) Deforestation due to mining (d) Gross cropped area
(c) Over-irrigation
(d) Industrial waste 14. What is land used for grazing cattle and livestock called?
(a) Forests
5. Which are the main factors that determine creation of a (b) Barren land
resource? (c) Pasture land
(a) Nature and technology (d) Fallow land
(b) Nature and human beings
(c) Nature, human beings and technology 15. Which one of the following crops is grown in the black
(d) Technology and human beings soil?
(a) Rice
6. On the basis of ownership, plantations can be better (b) Wheat
considered as which of the following types of resources? (c) Cotton
(a) Individual resource (d) Tea
(b) Community owned resource
(c) National resource 16. The large scale tree plantation to check soil erosion is
(d) International resource called
(a) Afforestation
7. The oceanic resources beyond 200 km of the Exclusive (b) Plantation agriculture
Economic Zone are called (c) Terrace cultivation
(a) Individual resources (d) Shelter belts
(b) Community owned resources
(c) National resources 17. The arrangement of soil in different layers is called
(d) International resources (a) Soil Composition (b) Soil Erosion
(c) Soil Profile (d) Soil Texture
8. Which of the following statements regarding the regur
soil is not correct? 18. Which soil among the following is formed by intense
(a) It is made up of extremely fine clayey material. leaching?
(b) It is ideal for growing cotton, so it is also called black (a) alluvial soil
cotton soil. (b) laterite soil
(c) It is rich in soil nutrients, calcium carbonate, potash, lime (c) desert soil
And magnesium. (d) red soil
(d) It cannot hold moisture.
19. Which one of the following soil is ideal for growing
9. What is necessary for sustained quality of life and global cotton?
peace? (a) Regur Soil
(a) Stopping use of resources (b) Laterite Soil
(b) Saving resources for future (c) Desert Soil
(c) Exploitation of resources (d) Mountainous Soil
20. What is the desirable area of forests in India? (c) 43%
(a) 16% (d) 40%
(b) 20%
(c) 23.2% 32. Which one of the following is not a ‘Biotic Resource’?
(d) 33% (a) Flora and Fauna
(b) Rocks
21. Which of the following method does not help in soil (c) Fisheries
conservation? (d) Livestock
(a) Contour ploughing
(b) Strip cropping 33. Which one of the following is the main cause of land
(c) Creating shelter belts degradation in Punjab?
(d) Ploughing up and down the slopes (a) Intensive Cultivation
(b) Overgrazing
22. ‘Laterite’ has been derived from the Greek word ‘later’ (c) Deforestation
which means: (d) Over-irrigation
(a) Mountain
(b) Brick 34. Which one of the following is not a renewable resource?
(c) Rock (a) Solar energy
(d) Stone (b) Wind energy
(c) Forests
23. When running water cuts through clayey soils and (d) Fossil fuels
makes deep channels, it causes
(a) Gully erosion 35. Which cold desert is relatively isolated from the rest of
(b) Sheet erosion country?
(c) Deforestation (a) Leh
(d) Afforestation (b) Kargil
(c) Ladakh
24. Among the following statements regarding the alluvial (d) Thar
soil, which one is incorrect?
(a) It is formed by the deposition of materials brought by 36. The land which has not been cultivated for more than
the Himalayan rivers. five years is called
(b) It is highly fertile. (a) Current fallow land
(c) It comprises various proportions of sand, silt and clay. (b) Other than current fallow
(d) It is rich in organic matter but deficient in potash, (c) Cultivable waste land
phosphoric acid and lime. (d) Wasteland

25. Which one of the following is not an Abiotic Resource? 37. Under which of the following types of resource can tidal
(a) Metals energy be put?
(b) Rocks (a) Human made
(c) Machines (b) Biotic
(d) Horses (c) Non-recyclable
(d) Renewable
27. Who said, “There is enough for everybody’s need and
not for any body’s greed’’? 38. In which of the following states is black soil found?
(a) Vinoba Bhave (a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Bihar
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Jharkhand
(d) Nelson Mandela (d) Rajasthan

28. Which of the following states mostly has laterite soil? 39. Fossil fuels are examples of which of the following types
(a) Uttar Pradesh of resources?
(b) Bihar (a) Renewable
(c) Rajasthan (b) Flow
(d) Meghalaya (c) Non-renewable
(d) Both (a) and (b)
30. The share of plains in the total land area of India is
(a) 43% 40. Solar energy is a
(b) 23% (a) Flow resource
(c) 33% (b) Exhaustible resource
(d) 27% (c) Non-recyclable resource
(d) Human-made resource
31. The share of mountainous region in the total land area of
India is : 41. Which is the most widely spread soil in India?
(a) 30% (a) Alluvial soil
(b) 27% (b) Laterite soil
(c) Regur soil
(d) Desert soil

42. Which regions of India has rich reserves of minerals and

fossil fuels?
(a) Plains
(b) Mountains
(c) Plateaus
(d) Deserts

43. Resources which are surveyed and their quantity and

quality have been determined for utilisation are called
(a) Potential resources
(b) Developed resources
(c) Stock
(d) Reserves

44. Black soil is also called

(a) Bangar
(b) Khadar
(c) Regur
(d) Granite

45. From which of the following rocks is the black soil

formed?
(a) Laterite
(b) Kankar
(c) Basalt
(d) Sand

46. Which state has the largest area under black soil ?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Bihar

47. In which type of energy is the state of Rajasthan rich?

(a) Solar energy.
(b) Wind energy
(c) Hydroelectricity
(d) Nuclear energy

48. Which lands are characterized by deep channels which

make them unfit for cultivation?
(a) Bad lands.
(b) Mangroves
(c) Deserts
(d) Alluvial plains

49. Gully erosion is common in

(a) Sundarbans
(b) Chambal Basin
(c) Yamuna Basin
(d) Narmada Valley

50. Which regions of India have well developed terrace

farming?
(a) Western Ghats
(b) Deccan Plateau
(c) Western and Central Himalayas
(d) Narmada Valley